Analysis of cases of infections associated with health care registered in Constanta County during 2014-2018

Abstract

The healthcare associated infections (HAI) represent a significant problem for the public heath and it has a big impact on the following plans: epidemiological, clinical and economical. Also, a major importance represents the activity of monitoring and controling the infections along with a corect reporting of the cases. The authors conducted a retrospective study in order to evaluate the number of cases of healthcare associated infections in Constanţa County over a period of 5 years, observing a significant increase in HAI reporting during the study period. The most common types of infections were digestive tract infections, followed by respiratory infections, sepsis, surgical wound infections, and urinary tract infections. The departments with the best registration and reporting of healthcare-associated infections are those with a surgical profile, pediatrics, newborns, obstetrics-gynecology and intensive care unit. Following the study, the authors find a better reporting of healthcare associated infections over the 5 years studied, which proves that health units have begun to recognize and manage them properly. This will have a major favorable impact in the prevention and identification of risk factors associated with this category of infections.

Keywords

• healthcare associated infections
• reporting
• growth